FNYC Standards6 places
Old-School Cafés & Soda Fountains in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Since 1909
Eddie's Sweet Shop — Forest Hills
New York's oldest ice cream parlor — everything made in-house at the original marble counter
- Since 1925
Lexington Candy Shop — Upper East Side
A working soda fountain — order the egg cream and a grilled cheese at the counter
- Since 1927
Caffe Reggio — Greenwich Village
119 MacDougal St · Claims America’s first cappuccino, from a 1902 espresso machine still in the room
- Since 1954
Serendipity 3 — Upper East Side
225 E 60th St · Home of the Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and the over-the-top sundae
- Since 1961
Hungarian Pastry Shop — Morningside Heights
1030 Amsterdam Ave · Strudel, cake and bottomless coffee across from St. John the Divine — bring a book
- Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain — Carroll Gardens
513 Henry St · A restored 1920s apothecary — egg creams, sundaes, floats, house-made sodas
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